‘Ruler of the world’ dies at 101

Amid a resurgence of nationalism in the Western world, the man widely regarded as the father of globalism and the “New World Order” — and by some critics as “the ruler of the world” — has died.

David Rockefeller, the last surviving grandson of the famed tycoon who founded the Standard Oil Company in the 19th century, John D. Rockefeller, died Monday at his home in Pocantico Hills, N.Y., at the age of 101, according to a family spokesman.

Rockefeller, the chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan bank in the 1970s, wielded influence globally not only in financial affairs but also in foreign policy, accorded the honors of a head of state in capitals around the world.

Rockefeller was the only member of the advisory board of the mysterious annual gathering of global elites known as the Bilderberg group.

In 1947, he joined the board of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace along with Alger Hiss, John Foster Dulles and Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1949, he became a director of the globalist policy think-tank Council on Foreign Relations. Later, he became head of the nominating committee for future membership in CFR before rising to the chairmanship. In 1964, he helped found the non-profit International Executive Service Corps to promote private enterprise in developing nations.